Leoville Las Cases 600cl 2008

Leoville Las Cases 600cl 2008

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  • Vinous rating 96
  • Robert Parker rating 95
  • Jane Anson rating 94
Leoville Las Cases 600cl 2008
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600 cl

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Château Léoville Las Cases 2008, presented here in an Imperiale bottle, is sourced from the renowned Saint-Julien appellation. A part of the esteemed 1855 classification, Léoville Las Cases has a historical reputation for producing wines that often rival First Growths. The 2008 vintage, marked by a cool growing season and dry September, emphasises notable freshness and structure. The wine is primarily a blend of around 80-85% Cabernet Sauvignon, complemented by Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. This format promotes extended ageing, allowing the wine to develop its nuanced character over time.
96 Vinous
The 2008 Léoville Las Cases has a backward, broody, earthy bouquet with intense tobacco and graphite aromas, more like a Pauillac than a Saint Julien, no surprise given that it lies on the border. The palate is very impressive: layers of tobacco-tinged black fruit, sea salt and graphite. This is very precise and harmonious with a persistent and multi-layered finish that leaves you mightily impressed. (Tasted at BI Wine & Spirit’s annual 10-Year On tasting.)Neal Martin1st February 2018
95 Robert Parker
Another underrated vintage for this estate, the 2008 Léoville Las Cases is a vibrant, youthfully primary wine that`s aging at a slower pace than the 2009. Unfurling to reveal aromas of dark berries and cherries mingled with subtle hints of pencil shavings and nicely integrated new oak, it`s medium to full-bodied, taut and layered, with tangy acids, ripe tannins and a long, penetrating finish. Displaying compelling purity and energy, it`s a serious Las Cases that will richly reward the patient but which is still some way away from its drinking window. - William Kelley
94 Jane Anson
Great to taste this alongside the other two names from this trilogy of St Juliens that once formed the vast Lionville estate. In 1855, Las Cases was owned by Théodore Galhaud, a prominent Bordeaux wine merchant. It's right on brand in 2008, muscular and brooding, and a little reserved, needs serious coaxing, and I would give two to three hours in a carafe to uncurl those bilberry and blackcurrant fruits that sit alongside pencil lead, cigar box, slate, all thos classic St Julien signatures that this property delivers so consistently. 50% new oak, Delon family owners in 2017 (as they had been throughout the 20th century).Jane Anson1st June 2025

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The illustrious 2ème Cru Classé property, Château Léoville Las Cases, has cemented its reputation as one of the most consistent producers of exceptional quality wines in the Saint Julien appellation in Bordeaux. Spanning 98ha, the estate produces its celebrated first wine - a Cabernet Sauvignon dominant blend - in addition to a second wine from young vines, Le Petit Lion. These stellar reds are renowned for their structure and longevity and are produced from the beating heart of the estate, on deep, well-draining gravel soils.

Two further wines are made from a separate site, situated further back from the river with more sandy-gravels: Clos de Marquis and Petite Marquise. The key varietals that make up these powerful red wines are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.

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